Table 3.
Home care staff characteristics
| Total | Belgium | Finland | Germany | Iceland | Italy | The Netherlands | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 1067 | n = 401 | n = 272 | n = 80 | n = 105 | n = 43 | n = 166 | ||
| (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | ||
| Female | 984 (93.4) | 384 (96.0) | 264 (97.8) | 63 (778.8) | 99 (97.1) | 29 (67.4) | 145 (91.8) | 0.000 |
| Age < 30 years | 182 (17.3) | 91 (22.8) | 48 (17.7) | 10 (13.0) | 16 (15.7) | 5 (11.6) | 12 (7.6) | 0.000 |
| 30–45 years | 314 (29.9) | 135 (33.8) | 75 (27.7) | 26 (33.8) | 21 (20.6) | 17 (39.5) | 40 (25.3) | |
| > 45 years | 555 (52.8) | 174 (43.5) | 148 (54.6) | 41 (53.2) | 65 (63.7) | 21 (48.8) | 106 (67.1) | |
| Position | ||||||||
| Registred/Advanced practice registred nurse | 713 (67.5) | 298 (74.5) | 191 (70.2) | 62 (77.5) | 22 (21.6) | 13 (30.2) | 127 (79.9) | 0.000 |
| Licenced practical nurse | 184 (17.4) | 38 (9.5) | 67 (24.6) | 0 (0.0) | 48 (47.1) | 17 (39.5) | 14 (8.8) | |
| Nursing assistant | 26 (2.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (11.3) | 16 (15.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.6) | |
| Manager | 57 (5.4) | 35 (8.8) | 10 (3.7) | 5 (6.3) | 2 (2.0) | 5 (11.6) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Degree | ||||||||
| Secondary school to BSc | 369 (35.4) | 175 (44.1) | 72 (26.7) | 9 (11.3) | 43 (45.7) | 22 (51.2) | 48 (30.2) | 0.000 |
| BSc and higher | 332 (31.9) | 177 (44.6) | 29 (10.8) | 3 (3.8) | 25 (26.6) | 16 (37.2) | 82 (51.6) | |
| Experience home care, years (mean ± SD) | 11.6 ± 10.0 | 14.2 ± 11.2 | 10.8 ± 9.8 | 8.2 ± 7.2 | 8.8 ± 6.6 | 10.2 ± 7.4 | 10.4 ± 8.8 | 0.000 |
| Permanent contract | 906 (87.5) | 375 (95.4) | 189 (71.6) | 65 (83.3) | 88 (87.1) | 40 (95.2) | 149 (94.3) | 0.000 |
| Full time work arrangement | 558 (52.8) | 125 (31.3) | 260 (95.6) | 67 (83.8) | 51 (50.0) | 42 (97.7) | 13 (8.2) | 0.000 |
| Sick leave | ||||||||
| None past year | 341 (32.6) | 152 (38.6) | 66 (24.5) | 35 (43.8) | 26 (26.0) | 7 (16.3) | 55 (34.6) | 0.000 |
| > 1 month past year | 143 (13.7) | 53 (13.4) | 36 (13.4) | 24 (30.0) | 11 (11.0) | 2 (4.7) | 19 (11.9) | |
| Perception of work related burn-outa (mean ± SD) | 33.6 ± 16.7 | 30.9 ± 14.8 | 38.8 ± 16.8 | 43.0 ± 16.9 | 32.3 ± 14.7 | 42.3 ± 17.7 | 25.2 ± 16.4 | 0.000 |
| Perception of physical workloadb (mean ± SD) | 5.8 ± 2.6 | 3.1 ± 2.6 | 5.9 ± 2.2 | 6.8 ± 3.3 | 6.0 ± 2.5 | 4.1 ± 2.7 | 4.4 ± 1.9 | 0.000 |
| Perception of work pacea (mean ± SD) | 65.3 ± 19.2 | 64.8 ± 17.6 | 70.2 ± 16.7 | 77.4 ± 20.5 | 64.3 ± 17.5 | 74.7 ± 12.3 | 50.0 ± 19.8 | 0.000 |
| Perception of paymenta (mean ± SD) | 40.8 ± 27.2 | 49.0 ± 22.6 | 26.8 ± 24.2 | 38.4 ± 29.8 | 26.6 ± 26.2 | 34.9 ± 28.4 | 56.4 ± 26.1 | 0.000 |
| Perception of job satisfactiona (mean ± SD) | 71.5 ± 18.7 | 73.9 ± 15.5 | 64.8 ± 21.9 | 63.7 ± 11.0 | 70.5 ± 17.4 | 72.1 ± 16.2 | 81.1 ± 19.0 | 0.000 |
aScale range 0–100 (low to high)
bScale range 0–12 (low to high)